(13 years, 1 month ago)
Commons ChamberT4. What action is the Secretary of State taking to tackle forced marriage and early marriage in the developing world?
As I mentioned to the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Ann McKechin), we are supporting specific pilot studies to try to reduce the awful levels of early marriage, not least in Amhara in Ethiopia, where we have secured extraordinarily good results. This is a key pillar of the activity that we support in all our programmes.